I sure hope not. The Lady S reveal when Merret Frey takes the ransom to the Brotherhood w/o Banners is another great scene (of many) during the last half of ASoS. Brienne's actual meet-up with Lady S comes during her last chapter in Book 5(?), which would mean we wouldn't get any of her other storylines, such as…

You're with the majority of book readers who think the same. It's uncommon to find any book readers who think he's dead after they closely read Brienne's Quiet Isle chapter.

I think the theory is that the faith puts her on trial for her many transgressions and Cersei chooses Franken-Gregor as her champion. The Faith counters with a certain gravedigger from Quiet Isle. Many readers are hoping Sandor gets the honor of killing Gregor and a Cersei trial by combat could get them into the same…

Potential Books 6, 7, 8 and 9 SPOILERS

I'll be disappointed if they explicitly kill off Sandor. I can understand why they might since there's nothing (much) for him to do in the next two books/seasons. It would be hard (and expensive) keeping an actor on contract who's not needed for the next couple of seasons. But I think Sandor will play a fairly…

Samaritan's first evaluation after getting the Fed's feeds:

I don't remember the exact details, but the Hound is seriously injured in the scene recreated last night (when Arya gets Needle back). During the inn fight he loses his helm, or didn't have it on when the fight started.

The Hound and Arya are such a fun "couple" they've likely added a few scenes to their story, possibly to slow down Arya's journey to Bravos since more cast members and sets would be needed. I'll be surprised if they eliminate Arya's final Book 3 line to him - "You don't deserve mercy" - since it's a great line. She'll…